Harry king



('No Model.)

H. KING. Cartridge.

No. 237,686. Patented Feb. 15, 1881i.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY KING, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CARTRIDGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,686, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed January 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY KING, of Wash ington city, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Cartridges and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thein ven tion,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to cartridges; and it consists in the construction and adaptation of a shouldered cap seat or guide, hereinafter to be more fully described, whereby a defective or snapped cap may be safely removed from the head of a loaded cartridge and a perfect cap substituted therefor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the rear end of a loaded cartridge cut through line 00 wof Fig. 3, showing, also, in longitudinal section, my improved cap-seat closed and containing a defective or snapped cap. Fig. 2 is a like section of the cartridge, showing the cap-seat open and the defective or snapped cap falling from the seat from which it has been ejected. Fig. 3 is a rear-endelevation of a cartridge-head, showing the capseat in its closed position. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the cap-seat in its open position and Fig. 5 is a perspective of the cartridge-head, showing the bed of the cap-seat and shoulder recesses.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown a shell adapted to be used with an anviled primer, though I do not confine myself to the use of one particular kind of cap.

In the head of a cartridge, A, is formed a bed or cup, 0, in which is placed my improved sliding cap seat or guide B, consisting of jaws n it, formed upon the two ends of a V-shaped spring, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. The metal strip forming the spring and jaws is bent, immediately in the rear of the jaws, so as to form shoulders c 0, upon which the anvil of the primer or the edge forming the mouth ofthecaprests. Smallshouldersecareformed near the bend of the spring, for purposes hereinafter set forth. Upon the outer edge of each jaw is formed a shoulder, 12, which rests in a corresponding recess, a, countersunk in the head of the cartridge. The recesses a a are of sufficient depth to admit of the insertion of a lever-point under the shoulders I) b when the cap seat or guide is closed in the bed 0, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the bottom of the cup or bed 0 is formed a slot, (1, through which the V-shaped spring, carrying theshoulders 60, passes into the chamber of the cartridge. The shoulders e c are so constructed in relation to the edges ff of the slot d that when these shoulders are pressed through the slot into the interior of the shell they spring outwardly, and by impinging against the edges f f, when the cap seat or guide is forced open to extract the cap, prevent the seat from becoming detached from the shell, as shown in Fig. 2.

When the shell is empty the cap seat or guide B is protruded from the recess 0, and the exploded cap is ejected by longitudinal pressurefrom within the cartridge-case with the finger, or a stick upon the bend of the spring, in the same manner as that shown, described, and claimed in my improved cartridge for which Letters Patent were issuedto me J annary 4, 1881, and numbered 236,230).

In the event of the cap missing fire it has been necessary heretofore to withdraw the entire load from the shell before the snapped cap could be extracted, it being extremely dangerous to tamper with the cap while powder remained in the shell. In myimproved method the defective cap can be removed from aloaded shell and a perfect cap placed in its stead without the slightest risk, as the cap itself is not touched during the operation, the whole office being performed by the sliding jaws operated by a lever-point, D, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) which is inserted under the shoulders I) b, as before described. A perfect cap is dropped into the open jaws n it, after the extraction of the defective cap, the anvil of the primer or the edge of the cap forming the mouth thereof loosely resting upon the shoulders c 0, when the cap-seat is pressed back into the recess 0, and the still-loaded cartridge is made ready for use.

It is obvious that when caps not provided with anvils are applied to my new shell an anvil is provided and rigidly secured in the cup or bed 0, as shown in my Letters Patent before mentioned.

It is also obvious that the shoulders b b may be made in the form of an annular flange around the outer edge of the jaws n n, a correspondwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a cartridge-head, the spring-jaws constructed, substantially as de- 7 scribed, so as to be operated from theexterior of the cartridge, as set forth.

2. In combination with a cartridge-head having recesses, as a, the jaws forming capseat 13, having shoulders I), substantially as described.

3. In combination with a cartridge-head, the

jaws forming cap-seat B, springshoulders e on said jaws, and rigid shouldersfon the cartridge-head, substantially as described.

4. In combination with a cartridge-head having the cup or bed 0, shoulders f, and recesses a, spring-jaws It, having shoulders I), c, and 0, all arranged to operate as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HARRY KING. W

Witnesses:

A. VON HAAKE, FREDK. D. OWEN. 

